@article{ref1,
title="No bridge too high: Infants decide whether to cross based on the probability of falling not the severity of the potential fall",
journal="Developmental science",
year="2013",
author="Kretch, Kari S. and Adolph, Karen E.",
volume="16",
number="3",
pages="336-351",
abstract="Do infants, like adults, consider both the probability of falling and the severity of a potential fall when deciding whether to cross a bridge? Crawling and walking infants were encouraged to cross bridges varying in width over a small drop-off, a large drop-off, or no drop-off. Bridge width affects the probability of falling, whereas drop-off height affects the severity of the potential fall. For both crawlers and walkers, decisions about crossing bridges depended only on the probability of falling: As bridge width decreased, attempts to cross decreased, and gait modifications and exploration increased, but behaviors did not differ between small and large drop-off conditions. Similarly, decisions about descent depended on the probability of falling: Infants backed or crawled into the small drop-off, but avoided the large drop-off. With no drop-off, infants ran straight across. Results indicate that experienced crawlers and walkers accurately perceive affordances for locomotion, but they do not yet consider the severity of a potential fall when making decisions for action.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1363-755X",
doi="10.1111/desc.12045",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/desc.12045"
}